Heroic Charles Woodson shuts down a house fire

Okay, so maybe he didn't completely shut it down -- the fire did manage to reduce a gigantic house to a pile of dirty ashes -- but Packers cornerback Charles Woodson(notes) did help to ensure that the only damage done was to property, not people.

A fellow named Rick Ruiz, Woodson's wine-making partner, is calling Woodson a hero after he helped him escape a house fire over the weekend. From a report at Cheesehead TV:

“He’s a hero if you think about it,” said Rick Ruiz, director of operations for TwentyFour wine. “He actually woke me up, told me to get up.”

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